If robots ever conquer the world, in other words, we’re in for a dystopian future of horrible puns. What Makes Things Funny? One problem is that for a computer to truly be humorous, most people ...

Things aren't what they once were, the saying goes. And perhaps they never will be.

In a new book, MIT literature professor Benjamin Mangrum explores how we deal with our doubts and fears about computing ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Joke's on Your Computer: The Latest Humor Coded into Software ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 305 No. 5 (November 2011) doi:10 ...

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #4: (As Martin Haste) I don't call these nuggets of wit jokes any more than you'd call the best lines of Joyce and Beckett or the books of Ruth or James jokes.

Why do you find something funny? That's unique to each of us -- unless you're a computer, that is. Then you use a straightforward equation to help figure out when to chuckle.

Humor seems to be an inherent part of the human condition. Our ability to smile, ... So computer scientists have begun asking whether humor can be computed—and if so, how.

In Rolling Stone’s recent cover story on the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer, singer Thom Yorke says that if he could go back to 1997 he’d tell his younger self to “lighten the ...

Plug and play after 30 years: Man finds Apple IIe in parents’ attic and goes on computer nostalgia trip. by Kurt Schlosser on February 18, 2019 at 9:43 am February 18, 2019 at 9:43 am ...